Ernie S.
Diamond Member
Madison introduced the amendments (19 of them) which became the first to the 10 and the 27th.
Want to read what Madison sent to the House?
http://www.constitution.org/bor/amd_jmad.txt
The house altered and merged some of the original amendments and got it down to 17. Here is what the house passed:
American Memory from the Library of Congress))
The Senate (who back then were elected by state legislatures not direct vote) further altered and reduced it to 12.
American Memory from the Library of Congress))
The first article was never passed by the states. The second article finally passed 202 years later and became the last amendment, the 27th. The others form the Bill of Rights.
I'd really like to see the LOC material. Could you see what you can do to fix the links?Our Search Engine encountered a problem with your query. Please check that you have entered a query.
The links have been fixed.
Thank you. Have you found any discussion of what became the 27th amendment from those days? I wonder why is was not ratified back then.